Georgian

After a period of decline and near destruction after the great storms of 1703 and 1705, Brighton is saved when Dr Richard Russell arrives in 1750 and proclaims the healing benefits of his seawater cure.

The town receives a big boost when the Prinnce Regent, later George IV, visits and decides to stay. Brighton becomes fashionable with the jet set (see the Regency period).

Hove starts to become a significant town in the middle of the nineteenth century as family estates are developed such as the Goldsmid family's Wick estate and the Standford family's villas and terraces built of yellow brick. By 1893 Brunswick Town, Hove, Aldrington are one urban district authority.

• 1703 Great storm destroys the town of Brighton.
• 1750 Dr Richard Russell's Seawater Cure heralds the arrival of the aristocracy to take the water at Brighton.
• 1783 The Prince Regent first visits Brighton.
• 1807 The Theatre Royal opens.
• 1808 Completion of the Royal Stables and Riding School, now the Brighton Dome.
• 1830 A pump room is built at St Anne's Well spa. Queen Adelaide is a visitor.